Factors determining the performance of women micro enterprises under kudumbashree in Kasaragod District, Kerala

In a developing country like India, there has been a tremendous increase in the number of women venturing into entrepreneurship. Kerala, the only state in India where the female population outnumbers male population, the scene in not different. Kudumbashree-the poverty eradication and women empowerment programme of Kerala state paved way for empowerment of rural women through creation of micro enterprises. Though the number of micro enterprises increase rapidly, when it comes to the performance side the women owned micro enterprises are not performed up to the mark due to many constraints. The present study was undertaken to analyse the determinants of business performance of micro enterprises owned and managed by women. As there are many factors that determine the micro enterprise's performance, the present study identified few firm specific factors, finance factors and training in determining the performance of women owned micro enterprises under Kudumbashree. The analysis of these selected factors with the help of Binary Logistic Regression concluded that type of micro enterprise, subsidy received and training are playing an important role in determining the performance of women micro enterprises. Other selected factors did not prove as a determinant of business performance in the present study.